In Greek mythology, Metope was a river nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon.
Metopes were often decorated with carvings; the most famous example is the 92 metopes of the frieze of the Parthenon marbles depicting the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths.
In classical architecture, a metope is the space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze.